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A

Abbott, Sir John 44

Aberhart, William “Bible Bill” 402

Act to Amend the Customs Act 222

Act to Amend the Customs Tariff 222

Addis, Sir Charles 301

advertising 272, 277, 388

Air Canada 277

Aird, John 269

Aird Commission/Report 269-272, 272

Aitken, Maxwell. See Beaverbrook, Maxwell Aitken, Lord

Aitken, Peter 97

Alberta (provincehood) 45, 47, 48, 50, 52-58, 60, 61

Alberta and Great Waterways Railway 68, 71, 73

Alberta Bill of Rights Act 461

Alberta Hotel (Calgary) 41, 42, 46, 52, 67

Alberta Pacific Grain Company 64, 98, 99, 135, 238

Alberta Wheat Pool 130

Alliance Trust Company 99

Allison, H.A. 64, 114

Aluminum Company of Canada (ALCAN) 450

American Federation of Labor Railways Employees Department 243

American Food Administration 287

American Union Carbide and Carbon Company 261

Ames, Alfred 352

Amphitheatre Rink (Winnipeg) 148, 166, 192

Anderson, Harry 252

anti-Americanism 75, 131, 132, 173, 188, 195

anti-Asianism 163, 165

anti-Catholicism 177, 181, 182

anti-Semitism 181

Arcand, Adrien 181, 182

Ardiel, Lorne 308, 309

Argentina 255

Ashcroft, R.W. 276

Atkinson, Robert 439

Australia 29, 231, 253, 255, 380, 426, 438

Austria 254, 380, 407, 431

Autonomy Act 58

B

Baldwin, Stanley 250, 251, 252, 253, 257, 287

Balfour Report 223

Bank Act 72, 83, 295

Bank of Canada 17, 25, 71, 84, 134, 268, 294, 294-312, 298, 306, 307, 308, 309, 310, 311, 312, 373, 399, 401

Bank of Canada Act 310, 311

Bank of Commerce 48, 294, 311, 352, 459

Bank of England 294, 295, 301, 308

Bank of Montreal 48, 65, 71, 125, 192, 241, 242, 243, 294, 309, 310

Bank of Nova Scotia 48

Bank of Toronto 302

banks 84, 294, 296, 298, 302, 303, 305, 309, 310, 311, 390, 401, 402

Banting, Frederick 387

Bassett Sr., John 180

Baxter, John 152, 176

Beatty, Sir Edward 185, 241-243, 276, 358, 452, 453

Beaubien, Charles 164

Beauchesne, Arthur 387

Beauharnois Power Corporation 197, 282, 283, 292, 293

Beauharnois scandal 206, 405

Beaverbrook, Maxwell Aitken, Lord 11, 19, 23, 33, 37, 39, 43, 44, 46, 63, 64, 65, 75, 76, 81, 86, 90, 91, 95, 96, 97, 99, 106, 108, 112, 119, 121, 129, 134, 146, 152, 156, 192, 194, 195, 231, 247, 258, 278, 387, 412, 426, 438, 439, 449, 453, 457, 462

Bennett relationship 11, 33, 34, 35, 37, 39, 43, 44, 46, 64, 65, 81, 91, 97, 195, 247, 258, 387, 426, 439

business interests 63-65, 86, 90, 99, 134, 152, 258

correspondence 76, 81, 90, 95, 96, 106, 108, 112, 119, 121, 129, 152, 157, 192, 194, 195, 439

and Empire Crusade 75, 76, 194, 195, 247, 248

Begin, Cardinal Louis-Nazaire 103

Belgium 128

Bell, Richard 394, 395

Bennett, Benjamin 29

Bennett, Evelyn. See Coates, Evelyn (Bennett) (sister)

Bennett, George (brother) 28, 92, 94, 95

Bennett, Henrietta (Stiles) (mother) 21, 27, 28, 30, 59, 60, 93, 116, 199, 200, 207, 415

Bennett, Henry (brother) 28

Bennett, Henry (father) 28, 29, 30, 60

Bennett, Joan (niece) 95

Bennett, Mildred. See Herridge, Mildred (Bennett) (sister)

Bennett, Nathan 29

Bennett, Richard Bedford

accommodations 15, 41, 42, 93, 99, 100, 113, 126, 135, 202, 439, 440, 441, 444, 445, 446, 447, 452, 459, 460

accomplishments 17, 18, 19, 23, 24, 25, 26

ambition 20, 22, 37, 38, 39, 44, 50, 66, 74, 79, 102, 107, 108, 112, 119, 123, 127, 226, 241, 414, 426, 463

as legal counsel 36, 40, 41, 42, 45, 48, 63, 65, 67, 71-73, 98, 111, 113, 114, 123, 124, 125, 126, 408, 461, 462

books about 23, 24, 25

business interests

CPR 45, 48, 61, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 86, 98, 192

directorships 16, 62, 64, 65, 86, 98, 99, 135, 298, 415, 447, 448, 461

E.B. Eddy 98, 114, 115, 116, 127, 134, 447, 448, 456

newspapers 65, 180, 181

real estate 48, 98, 126, 135

with Beaverbrook 64, 65, 86

death/funeral 462, 463, 464

detractors 17, 18, 19, 24

education 30, 31, 36

family background 27, 28, 29, 30. See also specific Bennett names

fiscal policy 296, 297, 298, 299, 300, 301, 302, 303, 304, 305, 306, 307, 308, 309, 310, 311, 312

fundraising 43, 53, 62, 87, 92, 93, 178, 181, 191, 192, 393, 394, 395, 405, 416, 451, 457

health 33, 35, 59, 100, 113, 131, 135, 149, 210, 279, 311, 333, 383, 385, 386, 388, 390, 401, 416, 426, 427, 428, 429, 440, 459, 460

intelligence/memory 15, 16, 20, 21, 22, 30, 35, 42, 70, 71, 86, 87, 88, 104, 139, 210, 387, 435, 436, 437, 451

leadership style 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 46, 166, 226, 254, 256, 267, 312, 313, 353, 356, 360, 377, 383, 391, 411

in caucus 168, 210, 211, 212, 256, 257, 276, 359, 361, 388, 417, 427

opposition to 18, 208, 209, 211, 214, 397, 399, 403, 404, 411

letters to 233, 234, 235, 251, 270, 272, 276, 302, 307, 308, 311, 315, 322, 326, 327, 329, 330, 333, 355, 370, 371, 383, 416, 427, 430, 442, 443, 446, 451, 452, 456, 463

lifestyle 15, 31, 33, 42, 60, 91, 97, 99, 113, 135, 227, 232, 258, 387, 426, 435, 444, 445, 459

love of reading 33, 36, 63, 99, 100, 202, 445, 462

move to England 19, 76, 108, 110, 257, 438, 439, 440, 444

oratorical skills 17, 21, 22, 42, 44, 47, 48, 69, 86, 108, 139, 155, 156, 182, 183, 192, 193, 196, 210, 451. See also Bennett, Richard Bedford: speeches

peerage 15, 19, 453, 454, 455, 458

perception of by others

Baldwin 252

Beaverbrook 34, 35, 37, 43

Borden 23, 56, 85, 104, 105, 108, 109, 110, 111, 192, 236

Leacock 370, 374

Lougheed 40, 44, 45

Mackenzie King 88, 166, 206, 207, 291, 343, 363, 403, 443, 453, 460, 462

MacLean 43

Manion 20, 207, 319, 392

Meighen 209, 442

newspapers 45, 50, 53, 65, 66, 69, 70, 77, 88, 139, 144, 145, 157, 209, 234, 235, 251, 252, 304, 326, 327, 370, 375, 376, 404, 434, 435, 436, 443, 446, 451

Pearson 213, 214, 387

Power 192, 210

Stevens 207, 347, 377

Watts 311

personality 16, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 30, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 43, 60, 63, 66, 67, 71, 95-97, 99, 107, 135, 175, 200, 202, 207, 208, 211, 225, 226, 233, 362, 382

philanthropy 19, 20, 63, 92, 95, 98, 100, 101, 233, 234, 456, 457, 458, 459, 463

physical appearance 15, 24, 35, 42, 83, 119, 203, 232, 385, 460

political courage 22, 77, 86, 87, 88, 89, 193, 286, 414, 417

political donations 121, 177, 178, 180, 192, 368

political philosophy 21, 22, 48, 50, 60, 119, 173, 196, 202, 313, 398, 403

communism 324, 325, 342, 343

corporate balance 48, 51, 61, 83, 86-88, 161, 272, 298, 304, 312, 328, 344, 353, 362, 367, 369, 389

role of government 18, 81, 82, 83, 84, 89, 111, 132, 155, 160, 161, 162, 182, 196, 201, 229, 246, 256, 260, 277, 323, 341, 363, 365, 366, 369-374, 380, 454, 455

political tactician 47, 51, 53, 55, 57, 58, 59, 66, 67, 103, 165, 169, 170, 171, 172, 173, 174, 175, 176, 177, 178, 179, 180, 181, 182, 183, 318, 382

real estate 64, 65

religious beliefs 12, 15, 21, 27, 28, 30, 31, 33, 42, 44, 50, 58, 60, 62, 89, 90, 200, 207

romantic relationships 32, 33, 35, 38, 42, 126, 257, 258

speeches 21, 22, 35, 37, 44, 47, 50, 53, 54, 56, 57, 61, 62, 67, 68, 69, 78, 93, 136, 154, 156, 171, 172, 173, 193, 194, 196, 201, 225, 231, 242, 258, 260, 264, 284, 287, 305, 320, 359, 363, 364, 366-370, 372, 373, 374, 375, 376, 377, 378, 380, 383, 398, 400, 401, 404, 405, 409, 431, 432, 441, 443, 451, 454, 455. See also Bennett, Richard Bedford, oratorical skills

teacher 16, 20, 30-33, 35, 36

temper 20, 23, 24, 43, 45, 87, 109, 213, 254, 326, 356, 378, 379, 391

vision of Canada 18, 26, 52, 58, 74, 75, 81-83, 89, 111, 132, 155, 160, 161, 162, 165, 193, 194, 195, 196, 223, 225, 226, 227, 228, 247, 258, 277, 284, 351, 367, 421, 443

work ethic 22, 36, 42, 63, 82, 197, 207, 390, 401

Bennett, Ronald (brother) 28, 94, 95, 458, 460

Bennett, Samuel 28

Bennett, Zadoc 28-29

Bennett blankets 17, 413

Bennett boroughs 17, 315

Bennett buggies 17, 25, 413

Bennett coffee 17, 413

Bennett Hannah and Sanford 124, 126

Bennett Jones 126

Berton, Pierre 240

Bessborough, Vere Ponsonby, 9th Earl of, Governor General 287, 334, 392

Best, W.L. 243

Beveridge, Sir William 454

Beveridge Report 455

big business 82, 83, 86, 88, 161, 254, 350, 351, 363, 374, 402, 413

Bill to Incorporate the Bank of Canada 306

Bird, Reverend Thomas 142

Birks, W.M. 271

Black, Conrad 483

Bliss, Michael 24

Blow, Dr. T.H. 67

Board of Commerce and Industry 399

Boivin, George 137

Bolivia 255

Bonar Law, Andrew 94, 97

Bonar Law-Bennett Library Building 94

Bonner, Harold 283

Booth, J.R. 114

Borah, William 292

Borden, Sir Robert 20, 32, 54, 55, 77, 79, 81, 82, 88, 92, 96, 97, 116, 117, 118, 127, 136, 152, 153, 161, 164, 166, 220, 227, 236, 257, 275, 295, 301, 325, 367, 414, 453

at Conservative convention (1927) 149, 151, 162, 165, 170, 431

conscription 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 111, 112, 160, 172

correspondence with Bennett 56, 57, 59, 60, 62, 63, 76, 107, 110, 112, 114, 462

opinion of Bennett 23, 56, 85, 104, 105, 108, 109, 111, 192

and Union government 106, 107, 130, 221, 222, 396

Bourassa, Henri 75, 77, 132

Bowell, Sir Mackenzie 44

Bowman, Charles 269

Bracken, John 130

branch plants 248, 249

Breadner, R.W. 250

British Board of Trade 251

British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) 231, 278

British Joint Air Transport Committee 455

British Manufacturing and Research Company (MARC) 449

British North America Act 229, 274, 382, 419, 422

British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) 19, 455

Bronfman, Samuel 128

Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen 243

Brown, George 50

Brownlee, John 191, 301

Bruce, Stanley 253

Bruchési, Monseigneur Louis 105

Buck, Tim 129, 325, 326, 327, 328, 331, 347

Bulgaria 380

Bulyea, George H.V. 60, 70

Bureau, Jacques 138

Bureau of Statistics 353

Byng, Julian, Lord Baron of Vimy, Governor General 133, 137, 140-142, 144, 151, 205

C

Cahan, Charles Hazlitt 152, 153, 154, 155, 161, 171, 172, 204, 256, 351, 354, 355, 377, 392, 406, 414, 417, 430, 467

Calgary Brewing and Malting Company 461

Calgary Merchants Association 349

Calgary Petroleum Products Company 99

Calgary Power Company 64, 98, 135

Calgary Stampede 458

Calgary Trusts and Guaranty Company 124

Campbell, Kim 410

Canada Cement Company 64, 65, 98, 135

Canada Pension Plan 136

Canadian, The 180, 392, 393, 394, 404, 416

Canadian Association of Broadcasters 276

Canadian Bankers Association 185, 303, 304, 306, 461

Canadian Bar Association 271, 459

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) 17, 25, 267, 268, 278, 280, 312, 405

Canadian Cement 135

Canadian Chamber of Commerce 308, 349

Canadian Club (Ottawa) 367, 368, 400, 443

Canadian Construction Association 383

Canadian Corps 92

Canadian Council on Child Welfare 458

Canadian Criminal Code 324, 325, 327, 339, 345, 388, 399, 401, 402, 413, 418

Canadian Deep Waterways and Power Association 285

Canadian General Electric 134

Canadian identity 58, 74, 75, 76, 102, 108, 111, 117, 193, 223, 236, 246

Canadian independence 17, 18, 150, 223, 224, 227, 228, 229, 236, 260, 286

Canadian Labour Defence League 326

Canadian League 205

Canadian Legal Realist Movement 421

Canadian Legion 271

Canadian Manufacturers’ Association 102, 249, 349

Canadian National Carbon Company 261

Canadian National Railway (CNR) 85, 86, 88, 118, 136, 240, 241, 242, 244, 245, 397, 398

Canadian Navy 75, 232

Canadian Northern Railway 68, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 99, 117

Canadian Northern Railway Aid Bill 88

Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) 39, 40, 41, 45, 48, 61, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 86, 98, 159, 160, 185, 192, 240-242, 244, 245, 358, 397, 452

Canadian Radio and Television Commission 277

Canadian Radio Broadcasting Act 278

Canadian Radio Broadcasting Commission (CRBC) 268, 278-280, 368, 399, 405

Canadian Society 264, 383

Canadian War Records Office 97

Canadian Wheat Board 389, 399

Capone, Al 128

Carr, Sam 325, 331

Cartier, George-Étienne 145, 174

Castro, Fidel 215

Central Selling Agency 238

Centre for Canadian Studies 94

Centre for Learning Technologies 94

Chamberlain, Joseph 52, 75, 248, 251, 252, 253, 449

Chambers, E.J. 125, 461

Chambers, W.J. 123

Chaplin, Charlie 128, 130, 224

Chaplin, J.D. 178

Charlottetown Accord 228, 423

Château Club (Ottawa) 99, 135, 143

Château Laurier (Ottawa) 169, 202, 235, 273, 366, 383, 430, 439, 446

child care benefits 185

child labour 162

China 81, 255, 287, 406, 435

Chrétien, Aline 360

Chrétien, Jean 208, 212, 259, 265, 360, 402, 483

Chrétien, Raymond 212

Churchill, Winston 34, 449, 453, 460

Civil War 292

CKY 280

Clark, Clifford 248, 299, 300, 380

Clark, Joe 203, 402, 423

Clarke, Champ 74

Clarke, G.H. 413

Claxton, Brooke 274

Clement, Wallace 362

Cleveland, Grover 343

Clinton, Bill 265

Cloakey, George 46

Clysdale, William 175

Coates, Evelyn (Bennett) (sister) 28, 93, 94, 113, 458

Coates, Dr. Horace 94

Coates, Richard Bedford (nephew) 94

Cochrane, Edith 32, 126

Cochrane, Frank 126

Code, Redmond 170, 171, 178, 179, 180, 392

Colonial Laws Validity Act 227, 228, 232

Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) 262, 270

Colville, Hazel Beatrice 257, 258

commercial union 75, 76, 77, 247

Commons Committee on Railways, Canals, and Telegraph Lines 93, 432

communism 18, 19, 129, 215, 269, 315, 318, 320, 321, 323, 324, 325, 327, 331, 332, 335, 337, 340, 341, 343, 344, 347, 371, 398, 399, 400, 402, 437

Communist Party of Canada 129, 318, 321, 325, 326, 327, 328, 331, 343

Companies Act 362, 399

Companies Act Amendment 390

Confederation 58, 132, 143, 154, 162, 203, 240, 294, 400, 422

Connaught and Strathearn, Prince Arthur, Duke of, Governor General 92

Connaught, Princess Patricia of 92

conscription 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 110, 111, 112, 117, 120, 129, 149, 160, 172

conservatism 11, 12, 161

Conservative Business Men’s Club 171

Conservative Party 12, 16, 22, 24, 31, 36, 44, 50, 51, 53, 54, 55, 56, 60, 61, 67, 79, 81, 106, 109, 113, 138, 141, 142, 145, 147, 153, 154, 159, 160, 162, 163, 167, 169, 172, 175, 180, 181, 197, 199, 206, 236, 257, 276, 352, 356, 357, 362, 363, 365, 375, 376, 392, 393, 395, 396, 399, 403, 405, 410, 412, 429, 434, 435, 438, 441, 468

Alberta 60, 61, 67, 71, 74, 79, 121, 140

British Columbia 176

conventions 22, 55-57, 59, 147, 148, 149, 150, 151, 152, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157, 158, 161, 162, 165, 166, 169-171, 403, 428, 429, 430-434, 434, 438

leadership 54, 79, 113, 117, 132, 140, 145, 147, 155-157, 159, 167, 192, 201, 206, 282, 290, 358, 402, 426, 427, 431

New Brunswick 176

newspapers 74, 153, 157, 180, 181, 182, 346, 454

Nova Scotia 153

Ontario 126

policies 24, 52, 56, 59, 81, 85, 88, 126, 151, 152, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157, 158, 159, 160, 161, 162, 163, 164, 165, 192, 195, 196, 197, 226, 272, 303, 365, 371, 372, 403, 421

problems 55, 79, 106, 109, 118, 121, 143, 226, 310, 314, 353-357, 362, 375, 376, 391, 395, 396, 405, 410-412

Saskatchewan 177

Cook, Warren 358

Coolidge, Calvin 287

Cooperative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) 145, 158, 162, 189, 303, 304, 320, 328, 332, 337, 370, 372, 377, 402, 403, 410, 411

corporate tax 423

Cosgrove, Jack 339

Costa Rica 255

Cotnam, Ira 321

Cotton, Dr. Thomas 462

Court of Appeal 38

CRCO 368

Creighton, Donald 280

Crerar, Thomas 130

Criminal Code Amendment Act 388, 389

Crown Life Insurance 48, 426

Crown Trust 48

Crow’s Nest Pass Agreement 240

Cuba 215

Cunningham, Colonel D.G.L. 457

Currie, General Sir Arthur 271

Cushing, William 61, 62, 68

Customs Department scandal 137, 138, 139, 140, 141, 142, 143, 144, 145

D

Dafoe, J.W. 105, 106, 194, 432

Dale, Arch 208, 235, 346

Dalhousie Law School 36, 38, 40

Dalhousie University 36, 38, 40, 94, 100, 116, 443, 457, 458, 459

Davidson, Andrew 400

Davidson, W.M. 65

Davis, Bill 175

de Casson, Dollier 281

De Cosmos, Amor 176

Denison, Jane 415, 416

Denmark 450

Depression 11, 12, 16, 17, 18, 24, 25, 89, 101, 183, 184, 186, 197, 198, 201, 216, 217, 218, 219, 225, 228, 234, 236, 239, 241, 256, 264, 272, 276, 279, 287, 296, 299, 300, 302, 312, 314, 315, 323, 328, 351, 356, 364, 365, 366, 367, 373, 374, 380, 390, 396, 401, 402, 414, 419, 422, 424, 436, 454, 457

Dexter, Grant 144

Diefenbaker, John 38, 39, 143, 375, 431, 440

Dingman, Archibald 99

Disraeli, Benjamin 12, 21, 35, 52, 202

Dominion Bank 310

Dominion Bureau of Statistics 216, 248

Dominion Companies Act 373

Dominion Housing Act 390, 399

Dominion Notes Act 309

Dominion Stores 273

Dominion Trade and Industry Commission Act 389

Donaldson, Gordon 24

Douglas, Tommy 372

Drayton, Sir Henry 141, 142, 144, 152, 155

Drummond, H.R. 194

Drury, Ernest (E.C.) 130

Drury, Victor 330, 447, 448

Duff, Lyman 243, 244, 245, 367, 387

Dundurn Camp 337

Dunlop Tire and Rubber Company 204

Dunning, Charles 144, 145, 188, 189, 282

Dupré, Maurice 211, 467

Duranleau, Alfred 211, 270, 274, 403, 465, 466

E

E.B. Eddy Company 98, 116, 127, 134, 135, 166, 283, 330, 447, 448, 456

Eaton’s 350

Economic Council of Canada 373, 384, 398, 399

Eddy, Ezra 98, 115

Eddy, Ezra (E.B.) 32, 114, 115, 116

Eddy, Jennie (Shirreff) 32, 98, 100, 114, 115, 116, 127, 134, 458

Edward VII, King 53

Edward VIII, King 425

Edwards, Bob 66, 67

Edwards, Fred 394, 404, 405

Eight Men Speak (play) 326

Eisenhower, Dwight 294

elections

Alberta (1905) 61, 110

by-elections 49, 51, 59, 139, 141, 204, 320, 395, 396

Chatham municipal (1896) 37

federal (1900, 1911, 1917, 1921, 1925, 1930, 1935) 17, 50, 73, 75-79, 120, 121, 122, 123, 130, 131, 132, 133, 151, 169-182, 191-202, 391-405, 409-414

NWT (1898, 1900, 1902) 44, 45, 46, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54

Electro Metallurgical Company of Canada 261

Elizabeth, Queen 426

Elizabeth II, Queen 461

Elliot, William 265

Emergency Bank Act 364

Empire Crusade 75, 76, 194, 195, 247, 248

Employment and Social Insurance Act 380, 382, 418

Ernst, William 465

Estevan riot 328, 329, 336

Ethiopia 407, 408

Evans, Arthur “Slim” 321, 322, 331, 331-334, 332, 333, 334, 337, 337-343, 338, 339, 340, 341, 342, 343, 345, 347, 359

F

Farmer’s Creditors Arrangement Act 389, 399, 419

farmers 12, 16, 17, 28, 48, 50, 54, 67, 76, 78, 83, 89, 90, 101, 102, 111, 112, 118, 120, 121, 122, 130, 132, 135, 143, 144, 154, 158, 182, 183, 184, 193, 199, 200, 201, 217, 218, 231, 236, 237, 238, 239, 243, 255, 256, 301, 302, 303, 308, 330, 337, 379, 384, 389, 403, 405

fascism 18, 407, 437

federal-provincial conferences 228, 232, 380, 382, 425

federal-provincial relations 58, 59, 69, 137, 221, 222, 227, 228, 229, 233, 238, 281, 284, 290, 314, 333, 382, 422-425

Federal Reserve (US) 183, 294, 298

Federated Shopmen 244

Ferguson, Howard 147, 150-152, 155, 175, 205, 282, 283, 388, 407, 408, 411, 412, 432

Finance Act 295, 300, 309

Finlayson, Rod 273, 366, 367, 378, 380, 384, 385, 395, 401, 403, 409, 419, 429

First World War 21, 90-97, 91, 92, 93, 96, 97, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 147, 152, 184, 205, 220, 223, 226, 240, 271, 286, 287, 295, 297, 316, 332, 376, 396

fishermen 28, 128, 182, 218, 236

Flaherty, Jim 186

Flavelle, Sir Joseph 352, 353, 354

Fleming, O.E. 285

Fleming, Sandford 65

Ford, Henry 137

Ford Motor Company of Canada 218, 219

Fordham, R.G. 318

Fordney-McCumber Act 131, 224, 225

Forke, Robert 142

Foster, Sir George 163

France 94, 96, 97, 128, 224, 254, 301

Franchise Act 339

free trade 74, 75, 77, 78, 193, 194, 195, 246, 247, 248, 250, 376, 402

freight rates 48, 66, 76, 120, 243, 245

Friedman, Milton 312

Frigon, Augustin 269

Frontier College 317, 342

Fudger, Harris 352

Fuller Brush 273

G

Gagnon, Onésime 466

Gale, Gordon 447, 448

Galt, A.C. 420

Gardiner, Jimmy 323, 336, 337, 341

Gardiner, Robert 283

Garment Manufacturers 358

Garrison Club (Quebec City) 103

Gatineau Power Company 447

Gault, Andrew 92

Geary, George 466

Gendron, Lucien 466

General Motors 308

Genoa Conference (1922) 295

George II, King 28

George V, King 358, 386

George VI, King 388, 425, 437

George, Lloyd 92, 97

Georgian Bay Canal Project 146

Germany 91, 224, 254, 380, 426, 437, 438, 448

Glassford, Larry 24

Gobeil, Samuel 466

gold (standard) 129, 163, 176, 239, 255, 280, 294, 295, 297, 298, 301, 303, 305, 309-311, 310, 311. See also monetary policy

Golden, Lou 394, 395

Gomery, John 211

Good and Services Tax (GST) 146

Gordon, C.B. 310

Gordon, Wesley 206, 356, 358, 393, 394, 465, 466

Grand Trunk Railway 68, 117

Gray, James 23

Great Britain 18, 29, 34, 64, 66, 74, 75, 97, 108, 109, 110, 123, 146, 150, 226, 227, 371, 372, 406, 455, 462

conservatism 12, 21, 160, 175, 193, 196, 421

monetary policy 255, 294, 297, 301, 305

pilot training 436, 437

public radio 268

ties to Canada 76, 77, 91, 159, 160, 172, 188, 223, 224, 225, 228, 229, 260, 297, 382, 387, 421, 430, 431, 456, 461

trade 19, 82, 165, 187, 188, 194, 195, 225, 229, 230, 231, 246, 247, 248, 249, 251, 252, 253, 258, 259, 261, 266, 273, 287, 375, 397, 398, 450,

unemployment insurance 380

Great West Life Insurance 48

Greenspan, Alan 183, 298

Greenwood, Hamar, 1st Viscount 454

Grey Owl 16

Guatemala 255

Guevara, Che 215

Guthrie, Hugh 142, 147, 148, 149, 152, 153, 154, 155, 171, 172, 200, 203, 226, 336, 388, 391, 403, 466

H

Haig, James 353

Haig, John 426

Hailsham, Lord Douglas Hogg 454

Haiti 255

Haldane, Richard 72

Halibut Treaty 223

Halifax Explosion 135

Halifax Platform 81, 85, 136, 160

Halifax Sewer Workers 330

Hamilton, Alexander 295

Hankey, Maurice 230

Hannah, Alexander 124

Hansard 139, 353, 417

Hanson, Richard 242, 355, 389, 467

Harding, Warren 131, 259, 287

Hardisty, Richard 40

Harmer, Bill 110

Harper, Stephen 186, 211, 414, 423

Harris, Joseph 432

Harris, Mike 137

Harvard University 120, 265

Haultain, Frederick 46, 47, 51, 52, 53, 57, 58, 61

Hawley, Willis 224, 260

health care 137, 159, 185

Heaps, Abraham 129, 132, 189

Heighington, Wilfrid 375, 417, 418

Henry, George 290

Hepburn, Mitchell 293, 328

Herridge, Bill 94, 195, 205, 206, 212, 226, 230, 261, 262, 263, 265, 266, 273, 288, 289, 292, 293, 359, 364, 364-368, 378, 401, 429, 432

Herridge, Mildred (Bennett) (sister)

death of 429, 430

marriage of 205, 206, 273, 378

political support of 148, 199, 206, 232, 409

relationship with Bennett 28, 60, 91, 93, 115, 202

travels 91, 97, 112, 146, 226, 232, 258, 273, 387, 426, 445

Hertzog, James 386

Hiroshima 406, 437

Hitler, Adolf 181, 346, 404, 406, 431, 437, 451, 456, 459

Holloway, Frank 411

Holt, Sir Herbert 134, 358

Hong Kong 255, 406

Hoover, Herbert 179, 187, 224, 259, 262, 271, 287, 287-291, 288, 289, 290, 291, 294, 364, 365

Hoover-Bennett Treaty. See St. Lawrence Deep Waterway Treaty

Hopkins, Jack 69

Horowitz, Gad 159

Houde, Camillien 174, 175

Hours of Work Act 419

House of Commons (British) 34, 448, 454

House of Commons (Canadian) 58, 80, 81, 82, 83, 85, 86, 99, 101, 107, 108, 109, 111, 112, 132, 133, 136, 139, 108, 140, 141, 144, 203, 206, 209, 249, 261, 283, 347, 387, 443

House of Lords 15, 19, 34, 301, 453, 454, 455, 458, 460

Howard, H. 303

Howard, Horace 124

Howe, Joseph 203

Hudson’s Bay Company 40, 332

Hughes, Sir Sam 92

Hull, Cordell 263

Hungary 407

Hutchison, Bruce 22, 187, 201, 386, 435, 436

Hyndman, James 391

I

immigration 120, 131, 163, 165, 173, 465

Immigration Act 324

Imperial Bank 269

Imperial Conferences (1923) 150

Imperial Conferences (1926) 223

Imperial Conferences (1930) 196, 226-232, 361

Imperial Conferences (1932) 245-255, 257, 258, 263, 287, 299, 398, 454

Imperial Conferences (1937) 437

Imperial Munitions Board 352

Imperial Oil 99

Imperial Order Daughters of the Empire 271

Imperial Preference Party 76

Imperial Tobacco 273

income tax 106, 129, 234, 422, 423

India 255

inflation 129, 238, 239, 294, 295, 297, 298, 300, 301

Innis, Harold 280, 436

Innisfail Riot 330

interest rates 294, 296, 300, 305, 307, 398

International Paper Union 330

International Radio Telegraph Convention 274

International Workers of the World 321

Ireland 255

Irish Free State 223, 380

Irrigation Colonization Company 98

Irvine, Howard 302

Italy 224, 295, 380, 402-409, 438

J

Japan 406, 407, 438, 448

Jehovah’s Witnesses 269

Jones, George 148

Judicial Committee of the Privy Council 72, 73, 123, 228, 274, 382, 419, 420-423, 461

Juniper Hill Estate (England) 15, 439, 440, 444, 445, 446, 447, 452, 459, 460, 462

K

Kains, Archibald 308

Keaton, Buster 224

Kelso, John J. 90

Kemp, Sir Albert 257

Kennedy, Donald 138

Kennedy, John F. 213, 265, 364

Kennedy, William 335, 355

Keynes, John Maynard 238, 366, 367

Kidd, Sid 447, 448

Kingston, George 220

Kingston Eight 325, 326, 327

Kipling, Rudyard 52, 74, 97

Kiwanis Club 440

Klein, Ralph 423

Ku Klux Klan 177

L

Labour Force Survey 216

Labour Party 62, 101, 118, 122, 127, 129, 131, 132, 189, 201

labour unions 48, 49, 62, 129, 223, 244, 318, 319, 320, 321, 322, 325, 326, 327, 328, 330, 331, 337, 380, 427

Labrie, Charles 450

Ladner, Leon 356, 357

laissez-faire economics 12, 24, 25, 82, 161, 256, 351, 366, 371, 374, 377, 378, 454

Lapointe, Ernest 145, 282, 343, 344, 381, 382, 396, 409

Lash, Zebulon 85

Laurier, Wilfrid 20, 38, 39, 52, 54, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 80, 82, 84, 85, 102, 105, 109, 115, 120, 144, 150, 160, 192, 193, 248, 366, 388

Law Society of New Brunswick 459

Law Society of Upper Canada 459

Lawson, Earl 394, 432, 466

Layton, Jack 162

Leacock, Stephen 370, 374

leadership, effective 18, 21

League of Nations 116, 160, 223, 354, 406, 406-409, 407, 408, 409

League of Nations Society 235

Leman, Beaudry 301, 305, 306

Lenin, Vladimir 325

Lévesque, René 162, 423, 431

Lewis, Norman 111, 112

Liberal-Conservative Party. See Conservative Party

Liberal Party 69, 87, 106, 110, 117, 123, 127, 133, 142, 154, 416

conventions 147

leadership 57, 60, 68, 102, 105, 118, 120, 132, 143, 144, 145, 146, 160, 177, 190, 265, 282, 328, 396, 398, 403, 404

newspapers 47, 50, 51, 54, 139, 157, 166, 180, 181, 198, 209, 234, 244, 346, 353

opposition to Bennett 43, 53, 61, 62, 65, 68, 77, 78, 121, 122, 132, 144, 176, 195, 384, 388, 397, 401

policies 143, 146, 165, 188, 195, 245, 246, 285, 303, 371, 374, 381, 397, 403, 418, 419

problems 58, 59, 75, 77, 79, 118, 130, 138, 139, 141, 143, 177, 190, 191, 197, 198, 245, 284, 360

Lightfoot, Gordon 240

Lincoln, Abraham 208

Lind, John 281

Lipset, Robert 170, 178, 179, 180, 195, 392

Lisson, Thomas 358

Lloyd George, David 34

Locomotive Engineers of the Canadian Pacific system 244

Logan, Samuel 311

London Conference. See Imperial Conference (1930)

Lougheed, Clarence 126

Lougheed, Edgar 124

Lougheed, Isabella (Belle) (Hardisty) 40

Lougheed, Sir James 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 48, 52, 55, 56, 60, 63, 64, 65, 79, 98, 99, 109, 113, 114, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 162

Lougheed, Peter 126

Lougheed and Taylor 113

Lougheed Bennett 40, 41, 42, 45, 48, 63, 64, 98, 99, 113, 114, 123, 124, 125-126

Lougheed, Bennett, McLaws and Company 125

Lougheed McLaws Sinclair and Redman 124

Lowney 273

Loyalists 28, 29, 159

Lunney, Harry 143

M

Macdonald, A.D. 62

Macdonald, Sir John A. 12, 38, 40, 44, 56, 79, 80, 117, 118, 138, 145, 148, 154, 158, 159, 160, 162, 172, 174, 192, 201, 203, 212, 220, 222, 227, 228, 229, 240, 250, 361, 372, 415, 421, 422, 423, 468

Macdonald, John Alexander 403, 466

Macdonald, Malcolm 250

MacDonald, Ramsay 297

Macdonald, William A. 344

Machiavelli, Niccolò 221

MacKay, Peter 414

Mackenzie, William 84, 85, 86, 87, 88

Mackenzie, William Lyon 120

Mackenzie King, William Lyon 19, 20, 24, 25, 88, 115, 118, 120, 121, 131-133, 135, 137, 138, 139, 140, 141, 142, 143, 144, 145, 147, 150, 152, 164, 166, 180, 181, 182, 185, 186, 187, 188, 189, 190, 190-202, 191, 192, 195, 196, 197, 198, 200, 201, 202, 205, 206, 212, 213, 223, 227, 235, 244, 245, 246, 247, 248, 252, 257, 258, 262, 265, 266, 269, 271, 273, 280, 281, 282, 283, 284, 285, 286, 290, 291, 295, 297, 304, 307, 311, 317, 324, 342, 343, 344, 363, 367, 371, 375, 378, 379, 381, 382, 389, 396, 397, 398, 398-414, 399, 401, 403, 404, 405, 407, 408, 409, 410, 411, 413, 414, 418, 419, 424, 425, 426, 434, 436, 437, 442, 443, 444, 451, 452, 453, 460, 462, 483

Mackenzie Papineau Battalion 343

MacLaren, Murray 466

MacLean, Andrew 23, 43, 207

Maclean, William 295

Maclean’s magazine 208, 225, 423, 435

Macmillan, Ernest 387

MacMillan, Lord Hugh 301, 304

MacMillan Commission 301-305, 308

Macnaghten, Lord Edward 73

MacNicol, John 430

MacNider, Hanford 289

MacPherson, Murdoch 432, 433, 434

Mahar, Thomas 172, 175, 181

Manion, Dr. R.J. 20, 142, 152, 153, 154, 155, 198, 200, 203, 207, 242, 243, 245, 250, 287, 290, 315, 316, 317, 319, 337, 338, 339, 342, 343, 350, 356, 358, 377, 384, 391, 393, 394, 396, 432, 433, 434, 440, 444, 467

Manitoba Schools Question 160

Mann, Donald 85, 86, 87, 88

Manufacturer’s Finance Company 152

Maple Leaf Gardens (Toronto) 327, 403, 409

Marconi Radio Company 270

Marketing Act 308, 373

Martin, Paul 208, 238, 360

Martin, Tony 343

Massey, Denton 432

Massey-Harris Company 48, 273, 432

Matthews, Robert 403, 466

McAuley, T.A. 393

McCrea, Charles 350

McFarland, John 238, 239, 389

McGeer, Gerry 332, 333

McGill University 116, 181, 271, 278, 316, 370, 396

McGillivary, Alexander 140, 154

McKenna, Frank 244

McKinnon, Hector 250

McLaws, William 64, 114, 124, 125

McNaughton, General Andrew 288, 289, 315, 316, 317, 318, 319

McNickle, John 358

McRae, Major General A.D. 147, 148, 152, 155, 157, 162, 170, 171, 172, 173, 174, 175, 176, 177, 178, 198, 205, 392, 428

Medicare 373

Meech Lake Accord 228, 423

Meighen, Arthur 20, 84, 85, 87, 105, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 123, 127, 130, 131, 132, 133, 137, 138, 140, 141, 142, 143, 144, 145, 146, 149, 150, 151, 152, 153, 154, 160, 203, 204, 206, 209, 220, 243, 244, 245, 275, 347, 350, 358, 403, 430, 431, 432, 433, 434, 442, 451, 452, 466

Merchants Bank 48

Merriam, Arthur 207

Metropolitan Life 134

Mexico 255, 293

Michels, Robert 158

Michener, Edward 110

Might, O.E. 125

Military Service Act 105, 111, 117

Military Service Bill 107

Military Voters Act 106

Millar, Alice 33, 95, 104, 124, 126, 146, 202, 207, 227, 387, 430, 440, 445-448, 451, 458, 459, 460, 463

Millar, Charles 342

Millen, G.H. 116

minimum wage 18, 379, 388, 399, 418

Minimum Wages Act 382, 418

Ministry of Aircraft Production (Britain) 449-451, 455

Moirs Candy Company 100

monetary policy 84, 268, 298, 299, 300, 311, 312, 373, 374

Montpetit, Edouard 174

Montreal, Ottawa, and Georgian Bay Canal Company 146

Montreal riots 107, 117, 159

Moore, Lieutenant Colonel Philip 112

Morand, Raymond 275, 276

Morand Commission 277

Morand Committee 275, 276

Morrow, Frederick 396

Mount Allison University 93, 94, 457, 458, 459

Muir, James 45, 46

Mulroney, Brian 162, 203, 209, 228, 376, 413, 423

Murphy, Rex 208

Murphy, Thomas 465

Murray, G.M. 102

Murray, Gladstone 278, 279, 280

Mussolini, Benito 346, 404, 407, 409, 437

N

Nagasaki 406, 437

National Bank of the United States 295

National Broadcasting Corporation (NBC) 270

National Citizens Coalition 186

National Council of the Canadian Radio League (CRL) 270, 271, 273-275

National Council of Women 271

national highway system 165

National Hockey League 219

National News Service 179, 180, 392

National Policy 160, 222, 229

National Research Council 389

National Service Act 103

National Service Board 101, 102, 104, 107, 108, 110, 172

National Shoe Retailers’ Association 348

National Trust Company 352

National Unemployed Workers Association 321, 329

Natural Products Marketing Act 373, 389, 399, 419

Naval Service Act 75

Neatby, Blair 24, 187

Neilson 273

Neilson, Peter 343

New Brunswick Museum 463

New Brunswick Normal School 459

New Brunswick Regiment 456

New Deal 11, 12, 19, 260, 264, 292, 327, 333, 356, 362, 363, 365, 366, 368, 372, 376, 377, 379, 381, 382, 384, 394, 418, 419, 420, 421, 423, 424, 425, 442, 443

New Democratic Party (NDP) 162

New York Power Authority Act 291

New Zealand 254, 259, 426

Nickle, William 85, 88

Nobel, Randolph 213, 298, 299, 300, 486

Nolan, H.G. 125

Nolan, Paddy 67

Northern Ireland 380

Northwest Territories 40, 41, 44-47, 49, 50, 52, 53, 54, 56, 57, 58, 61

O

Obama, Barack 364

Oka Crisis 159

old-age pensions 18, 25, 136, 163, 165, 182, 185, 239, 240, 371, 379, 466

Old Age Pensions Act 372

Oliver, Frank 43, 50, 51

On to Ottawa Trek 314, 334-340, 345, 347, 359, 390, 392, 400, 413

O’Neill, Paddy 343

One Big Union 321

one-man government 18, 208, 209, 211, 214, 397, 399, 403, 404, 411, 413, 417, 437

Orange Lodge 59

Oriental Exclusion League 164

Osborne, J.A.C. 308

Ottawa Club 145

Ottawa Conference. See Imperial Conference (1932)

Ottawa Symphony Orchestra 458

Ottawa Welfare Bureau 458

P

Pacific Scandal 138

Palliser Hotel (Calgary) 93, 100, 124, 126, 166, 169, 400, 411, 439, 440, 441

Palmer, George 330

Panama 255

Parti Québécois 163

Passchendaele, battle 223, 337

Pattullo, Duff 319, 321, 322, 333, 343

Pearson, Reverend Edwin 347

Pearson, Lester 159, 212, 213, 214, 226, 250, 263, 265, 347, 361, 372, 387

Pepsodent 273

Perley, Sir George 142, 152, 178, 200, 203, 237, 351, 377, 384, 417, 466

Peru 255

Phelps, W.W. 233

Pickford, Mary 224

Plamondon, Bob 186, 211

Poland 254, 380, 406

Power, Charles Gavan “Chubby” 192, 209

Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Act 384

Price Spreads and Mass Buying Commission 352

Price Spreads Commission 350, 354-356, 361, 362, 372, 373, 375, 378, 388, 389, 401, 402

Princess Patricia Light Infantry Division 92, 94

Privy Council 72, 73, 123, 204, 228, 232, 274, 382, 419, 420, 421, 422, 423, 461

Progressive Party 121, 123, 130, 131, 132, 141, 142, 143, 145, 146, 177, 201

Prohibition 42, 128, 184, 364

Protestant Infants’ Home and Hospital 458

public works programs 53, 239, 339, 384, 397

Q

Quaker Oats 273

Quebec Organization Committee 174

Queen’s University 212, 248, 299, 413, 457

Queen’s University (Belfast) 232

R

R.B. Bennett (ship) 29

R.G. Dun (company) 48

Racey, A. 404

radio addresses 19, 156, 157, 192, 200, 231, 232, 235, 262, 264, 287, 305, 309, 327, 356, 359, 364, 367, 368, 376, 377, 378, 379, 381, 390, 398, 402, 406, 420, 425

radio broadcasting 269, 271, 272, 274, 275, 276, 277, 278, 279, 280

Radio Broadcasting Under Private Ownership 272

Rae, Bob 137

Railroad Brotherhoods 243

Rainville, Joseph 172, 173, 174, 175, 178, 181

Ranchman’s Club (Calgary) 99

RCMP. See Royal Canadian Mounted Police

Reagan, Ronald 401

recession 118, 121, 129, 130, 183, 185, 222, 296

Reciprocal Trade Agreement Act 262, 263, 264

reciprocity agreement 74, 75, 76

Reciprocity Treaty 248

Reconstruction Party 392, 399, 402, 403, 410, 412, 414

Red Cross 92

Alberta 92

Canada 449

Red Tories. See Toryism

Reform Party 145, 159, 163

Regina Manifesto 304, 372, 402

Regina Riot/Inquiry 159, 314, 341-346, 342, 343, 344, 345, 346, 392, 487

Regina Riot Inquiry Commission 324

relief 18, 24, 89, 135, 136, 185, 217, 221, 222, 237, 238, 239, 267, 313, 314, 315, 317, 318, 319, 320, 321, 322, 331, 332, 334, 335, 336, 337, 338, 339, 340, 341, 343, 344, 364, 365, 369, 373, 381, 384, 390, 401, 402, 403, 418, 422, 424

Relief and Public Works Construction Act 384

Relief Bill 324

relief bills 237, 238, 239, 324, 384

relief camps 313, 314, 316-320, 322, 323, 331-344

Relief Camp Workers’ Union (RCWU) 319, 320, 321, 322, 338

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 367, 438

Report of the Royal Commission to Inquire into Railways and Transportation in Canada 88

Research and Publicity Bureau 178

Rhodes, Cecil 52

Rhodes, Edgar 52, 152, 164, 176, 177, 203, 210, 248, 300, 301, 306, 310, 351, 358, 384, 403, 465

Richardson, Edith (Shirreff) 134

Richmond, Margaret 338

Riddell, Dr. W.A. 407, 408, 409

Rideau Club (Ottawa) 226, 443

Riding Mountain Relief Camp 318

Riel, Louis 118, 160

Riley, Thomas 45, 46, 53, 54

Rink, Cornelius 336

riots 18, 159, 186, 328-334, 346, 390

Roberts, L.M. 114, 126

Robertson, Gideon 206, 210, 315, 316, 466

Robinson, George 83, 113

Rockefeller Foundation 120

Rogers, Robert 152, 155

Roosevelt, Franklin D. 192, 221, 239, 259, 260, 261, 262, 264, 265, 286, 290, 291, 292, 293, 300, 301, 363, 364, 365, 366, 370, 376, 419

Roosevelt, Theodore 291, 372, 435

Ross, Brigadier-General A.E. 412, 413

Rowell, Newton 419, 424

Rowell-Sirois Commission/Report 419, 424

Rowe, William 466

Royal Bank of Canada 48, 71, 72, 134, 296, 298, 299, 308, 459

Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) 18, 45, 315, 320, 328, 329, 330, 335, 336, 337, 340-345, 347, 402, 442

Royal Commission on Banking and Currency. See MacMillan Commission

Royal Commission on Dominion-Provincial Relations. See Rowell-Sirois Commission/Report

Royal Commission on Grain Futures Report 213

Royal Commission on Radio Broadcasting. See Aird Commission/Report

Royal Commission on Relief Camps 344

Royal Commission on Unemployment 371

Royal Commission to Inquire into Railways and Transportation. See Duff Commission

Royal Empire Society 463

Royal Military College 457

Royal North West Mounted Police 442

Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts 463

Royal Society of Canada 270

Royalite Oil Company 99

Runciman, Walter 251

Russia 287, 325, 400, 459

Rutherford, Alexander 60, 68, 69, 70, 72

Ryan, Edward 122

Ryckman, Edmond 204, 210, 466

S

Saint-Pierre and Miquelon 137

sales tax 146, 237, 423

Sanford, Percy 124

Saskatchewan (provincehood) 58

Saskatchewan riots 159

Saskatoon Riot 336

Saturday Night magazine 157, 375, 376

Saunders, Charles 387

Sauvé, Arthur 211, 356, 403, 466

schools 58, 59, 60, 62

Seagram’s 128

Second World War 15, 19, 21, 94, 293, 316, 406, 425, 436-438, 448-453, 460

Selassie, Haile 407

Senate 44, 79, 83, 108, 109, 110, 111, 118, 137, 159, 205, 206, 209, 235, 243, 245, 259, 263, 306, 358, 392, 396, 434

Shaw, Joseph 122, 123, 131, 132

Shaw, Matt 334, 335, 342

Sherman Grand Theatre (Calgary) 73

Sherman Rink (Calgary) 78, 93

Shirreff, J.T. (Harry) 134

Shirreff, Jennie. See Eddy, Jennie (Shirreff)

Shirriff’s 273

Sifton, Arthur 53, 54, 70, 71, 72, 105, 106, 107, 110, 127, 146

Sifton, Clifford 39, 53, 54, 58, 59, 65, 75, 76, 105, 106, 107, 127, 146

Silverwoods Dairy 273

Simpson, Jeffrey 23

Simpson, Tom 356

Simpson, Wallis 425

Simpson’s 273, 350, 352, 354

Sirois, Joseph 424

Sitka Spruce Lumber Company 450

Skelton, Oscar 212, 213, 223, 387, 406, 407, 409

Sloan, James 328, 329

Smith, A.E. 233, 291, 326

Smith, Adam 161

Smith, Bill. See De Cosmos, Amor

Smith, Sidney 420, 421

Smoot, Reed 224, 260

Smoot-Hawley Tarriff Act 224-225, 260

Snowball, Frances 32

Social Credit Party 145, 402, 403, 410, 461

Social Gospel 89, 90, 205

socialism 18, 269, 367, 370, 371, 373, 377, 399, 403, 454

Sons of Temperance Lodge 35

South Africa 223, 255, 259, 386, 426, 435, 438

Southern Alberta Patriotic Fund 92

Soviet Union 231, 325

Spain 255, 343

Spanish Civil War 343

Spanish flu pandemic 121, 122, 129

Speech(es) from the Throne 81, 220, 236, 269, 285, 378, 379, 381, 382, 390

Spry, Graham 273, 275

St. Laurent, Louis 162, 271, 294, 419

St. Lawrence Deep Waterway Treaty 291

St. Lawrence Seaway 18, 162, 192, 197, 261, 268, 280, 280-293, 312, 316

St. Lawrence Seaway Treaty 293

Stalin, Josef 325, 346, 404, 437, 487

Standard Theatre (Toronto) 326

Stanford University 287

Statistics Canada 216

Statute of Westminster 227, 228, 231

Stevens, Henry Herbert 138, 140, 141, 142, 151, 152, 155, 161, 163, 164, 176, 190, 200, 204, 206, 210, 226, 248, 250, 253, 254, 314, 346, 346-362, 347, 348, 349, 350, 351, 352, 353, 354, 355, 356, 357, 358, 359, 360, 361, 362, 366, 375, 390, 390-394, 391, 392, 393, 394, 396, 399, 402, 410, 411, 411-414, 412, 413, 414, 430, 432, 467

Stevens, Sylvia 356, 362

Stevenson, Dr. R.S. 385

Stewart, Hugh 466

Stewart, J.L. 37

Stewart, Brigadier General John Smith 226, 353

Stiles, David 27

Stimson, Henry 289

Stirling, Grote 465, 466

Stitt, James Herbert 310, 311

stock market 134, 183, 183-185, 185, 186, 401

Strathcona, Donald Smith, Lord 40

strikes 48, 130, 191, 319, 325, 328, 330, 331, 332, 333, 334, 339, 342, 344, 345, 346, 400. See also riots; Vancouver Strike; Winnipeg General Strike

Struthers, Jim 24

Stuart, C.A. 51, 52

Stuart, W.W. 45, 46, 123

Study Club 353

Supertest Petroleum 273

Supreme Court of Alberta 71, 111, 112, 122

Supreme Court of Canada 18, 112, 123, 228, 229, 232, 274, 282, 382, 387, 418-421, 419, 420, 421, 434

Supreme Court (US) 419

Sutherland, Donald 466

Sweeney, R.O. 283

Switzerland 380

T

Taft, William 74

Tait, Sir Thomas 102

Tallon, R.J. 243

Tariff Board 389

tariffs 56, 82, 120, 121, 131, 144, 162, 165, 184, 188, 191, 193, 194, 195, 198, 221, 222, 224, 225, 229, 231, 236, 237, 246, 247, 249, 251, 252, 253, 255, 262, 263, 264, 265, 266, 270, 297, 398

Taschereau, Louis-Alexandre 232, 282, 283, 290, 293, 299, 300, 367

Taylor, W.T. 64, 114

temperance movement 35, 50

Tempest, George 46

Thomas, J.H. 25, 102, 232, 250, 251, 454

Thompson, Sir John 44

Thornton, Sir Henry 241, 242, 243, 244

Tilley, Leonard 154, 163

Tolmie, Simon Fraser 176

Toronto Board of Trade 383

Toronto Garment Workers 330

Toronto General Hospital 352

Toronto Retail Meat Dealers Association 349

Tory, Dr. Herbert 235

Toryism 21, 25, 75, 81, 157, 159, 160, 161, 166, 188, 189, 190, 191, 235, 246, 268, 313, 362, 364, 369, 414, 433, 448, 468

Towers, Graham 308, 310

Trades and Labour Congress 270, 271

Transport Act 245

Treaty of Versailles 116, 160, 382

Trinity College 232

Trudeau, Margaret 96

Trudeau, Pierre 96, 162, 164, 208, 211, 212, 227, 228, 229, 259, 345, 360, 370, 376, 402, 415, 423

Trueman, W.H. 38, 39

Truman, Harry 166, 299

Tummon, William 272

Tupper, Sir Charles 44, 160, 172

Turnbull, F.W. 421

Turner, John 360

Tweedie, Lemuel John 36, 37

Tweedie and Bennett 36, 37

U

Underhill, Frank 425

unemployment 24, 163, 185, 189, 190, 191, 197, 198, 216, 219, 221, 239, 244, 297, 314, 372, 379, 380, 382, 392, 401, 413

Unemployment Act 371

unemployment insurance 18, 135, 137, 182, 185, 190, 191, 337, 371, 372, 379, 380, 380-382, 381, 397, 399, 424, 425

Unemployment Relief Act 221, 239

unfair pricing 348, 349, 350, 362, 388

Union government 105, 106, 108, 109, 110, 116, 117, 118, 130, 147, 149, 153, 160, 221

Union Nationale 145

Union Trust 48

United Farmers of Alberta Party 101, 121, 132, 143

United Farmers of Manitoba 130

United Farmers of Ontario 130

United Nations 409

United States

monetary policy 297

power/influence 74, 137, 138, 159, 223, 224, 225, 246, 249, 260, 261, 268, 270, 271, 281, 294, 297, 301, 305, 343

protectionism 17, 131, 194, 195, 222, 224, 225, 229, 259

trade 19, 74, 75, 81, 82, 188, 194, 222, 223, 229, 237, 247, 248, 255, 259-266, 286, 290, 292, 293, 376, 390, 398

United States Congress 74, 131, 224, 249, 264, 270, 293

University of Alberta 457, 459

University of Calgary 186

University of Chicago 120, 312

University of Edinburgh 232

University of Manitoba 420

University of New Brunswick 94, 459

University of Toronto 120, 213, 352, 436

V

Van Horne, Sir William Cornelius 40

Van Wart, I.S.G. 77, 78

Vancouver race riots 164, 186

Vancouver Strike 164, 314, 331, 331-334, 343, 344, 345, 347, 392

Veterans’ Association (RCMP) 442

VIA Rail 277

Victoria Arena (Calgary) 93

Victoria race riots 164

Vimy Ridge, battle 117, 128, 133, 223, 232

W

Waite, Peter 11, 23, 418

Walkom, Thomas 25

Walsh, James “Red” 338, 343

Walsh, Jim 348

War Measures Act 103, 324, 345

War Time Elections Act 106, 117

Ward, J.B. 244

Washington Conversations 262

Watkins, Ernest 11, 23

Watts, George 311

Weekly Day of Rest Act 385

Weir, Robert 204, 337, 389, 465

Weldon, Dr. Richard 31, 35, 36, 40, 458

welfare 19, 23, 185, 186, 221, 244, 380, 454, 455

Welland Canal 286, 287, 288

Wells, H.G. 65

Weston, Willard 456

Wheat Board Act 389

wheat pools 236, 238, 308

White, Sir Thomas 117, 301, 305

Whitton, Charlotte 316, 387, 452

Widows’, Orphans’, and Old Age Contributory Pensions Act 371

Wilbur, Richard 11

Wilbur, W. 345

Williams, Bishop 103

Wilson, Cairine 271

Windsor, Evelyn 32

Winnipeg General Strike 101, 129, 159, 189, 324

Winter, W.R. 122

Women’s Auxiliary of Calgary 330

women’s rights 49, 100, 148, 149, 163, 350, 428, 457

Wood, Henry Wise 130

Woodsworth, James Shaver 90, 129, 132, 144, 162, 185, 189, 190, 269, 304, 307, 318, 324, 328, 342, 344, 402

work camps 315

work hours 18, 49, 161, 163, 216, 217, 236, 337, 348, 349, 399

workers 18, 48, 49, 51, 102, 118, 121, 184, 200, 218, 222, 236, 264, 281, 296, 315, 318, 319, 320, 322, 323, 325, 327-332, 337-340, 344, 348, 349, 372, 375, 385, 449, 450, 451

Worker’s Compensation Board 220

Workers Protective Association 329, 330

World Monetary and Economic Conference (1933) 255, 262, 300, 301

World War I. See First World War

World War II. See Second World War

World Wheat Conference (1933) 255

Wright, R.A. 308

Y

Young Conservatives Club 383

Z

Zakuta, Leo 158